Eyoku-1 kuTimoti
4:1 Ke kaloku uMoya uthi ngokucacileyo inxenye iya kuthi ngamaxesha asemva
nimke elukholweni, ninyamekele oomoya abalahlekisayo, neemfundiso zobuxoki
iidemon;
4:2 Othetha ubuxoki kuhanahaniso; betshiswe isazela sabo ngobushushu
intsimbi;
4:3 bengavumi ukuba kuzekwe, nokuba kudliwe izinto awaziphiwa nguThixo
udale ukuba wamkelwe ngombulelo ngabo bakholwayo, nabakholwayo
yazi inyaniso.
4:4 Ngokuba sonke isidalwa sikaThixo sihle;
yamkelwe ngombulelo;
4:5 Kuba singcwaliswa ngalo ilizwi likaThixo nomthandazo.
4:6 Ukuba uthe wabakhumbuza ngezo zinto abazalwana, woba yindlalifa
umlungiseleli olungileyo kaYesu Kristu, wondliwe ngamazwi okholo, nawo onke amazwi okholo
imfundiso entle oye wayilandela.
4:7 Ke zona iintsomi ezihlambelayo zamaxhegokazi zigatye;
ekuhloneleni uThixo.
4:8 Kuba eyeyomzimba ingqeqesho inceda kancinane;
zonke izinto zinedinga lobomi bakalokunje, nobobo bukho
ukuza.
4:9 Lithembekile ilizwi elo, lifanelwe kukwamkelwa konke.
4:10 Kuba ngenxa yoko siyabulaleka, singcikivelwe oko, ngokuba sikholose ngaye
uThixo ophilileyo, onguMsindisi wabantu bonke, ngokukodwa owabo bona
kholwani.
4:11 Bathethele ezi zinto, ufundise zona.
4:12 Makungabikho namnye ubudelayo ubuncinane bakho; kodwa yiba ngumzekelo wabakholwayo.
ngentetho, ngehambo, ngothando, ngokholo, ngobunyulu.
4:13 Nyamekela imfundo, uvuselelo, imfundiso, ndide ndifike.
4:14 Ungasihilizeli isipho esingokubabalwa, esikuwe; owasinikwayo ngesiprofeto;
ngokubekwa kwezandla zabadala.
4:15 Zinyamekele ezo zinto; zinikezele ngokupheleleyo kuzo; ukuba wakho
ukuzuza inzuzo kunokubonakala kubo bonke.
4:16 Zilumkele wena nemfundiso yakho; hlalani kuzo: kuba ngaphakathi
ngokwenza oko, wozisindisa wena, ubasindise nabo bakuvayo.